Tag: Growth

How Great Companies Do Things Differently

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Great companies don’t do what other companies are doing. They hire differently.

They train their people differently. They develop their people differently. They promote their people differently.

They treat their people as their people wish to be treated. Above all, they love their people.

According to Rania H. Anderson, ‘What business need now is men and women leading equally and working side by side to drive innovation, opportunity, and prosperity.’

‘Change doesn’t happen without the engagement of front-line leaders.’

‘A gender-diverse team is a competitive advantage. It may seem counterintuitive, but when you accelerate the success of women, you accelerate your own success.’

‘People everywhere are working hard to overcome their biases through intentional action and are succeeding in doing so. You can too.’

‘Change is especially hard when the status quo, our current environment, appears to be working positively for us.’

‘What’s the business case for keeping the status quo? Inequality is bad for business, and it’s bad for everyone.’

‘The most successful leaders … have the courage to take a chance on employees who may not be completely ‘ready’ for an assignment.’

‘The purpose of sponsorship is not to give advice, such as a mentor would, but to deliberately advocate that someone receive opportunities, promotions, and recognition.’

‘If you have authority or oversight for gender initiatives, ensure they are adequately funded, valued, and purified to make a real impact and not viewed as marginal or obligatory.’

‘When you work together with women, you will increase your success, drive economic growth, and improve society.’

Source:

Rania H. Anderson (2018). WE: Men and Women, And The Decisive Formula for Winning at Work

How To ‘Build High-Performing Organizations’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Great things don’t happen by accident. There are great leaders behind them. There are great people doing great things, taking risks.

According to Eric Douglas, ‘In a value-driven organizations, managers can delegate decisions and ask people to think for themselves.’

‘When people act on the basis of clearly understood values- linked to performance measures- they are naturally engaged in making the right decisions consistently over time.’

‘Successful leaders should strive to instill a culture of values-based decision making throughout their organizations. When they do, the results can be extraordinary.’

‘Effective meeting management is more than a discipline; it’s a way of thinking about value.’

‘Communication systems need to default to sharing, not hoarding, key information about company performances.’

‘Training workshops need to build competencies that align with the core values.’

‘Good leaders devote considerable energy and time to a deep examination of the organization’s core values. By doing so, they get to the heart of what is essential for the customers and shareholders- and thus essential for success.’

‘Great leaders build trust by defining vision. People want to know that there’s a plan and a direction.’

‘To understand the difference between a great company and a mediocre one, look at its people.’

‘Effective leaders don’t let their teams stay broken for long. They take the time to communicate and regenerate the sense of team trust.’

‘Effective leaders lighten the pressure in ways that help people learn to trust one another.’

Source:

Eric Douglas (2014). The Leadership Equation: 10 Practices That Build Trust, Spark Innovation, and Create High-Performing Organizations